Oleksandr Shovkovskiy's team lost the second match in a row at the start of the Euro tournament.
Dynamo Kyiv suffered a defeat to Hoffenheim in the match of the second round of the main stage of the Europa League season 2024/25. The match in the German city of Sinsheim ended with a score of 2:0.
The Bundesliga representative opened the scoring in the middle of the first half. In the 22nd minute, Adam Glozek shot at Georgy Bushchan's goal after a pass from Valentin Jandré from the right flank.
In the 60th minute, the German club strengthened its lead. Gložek played with Andrej Kramarić and sent the ball from the penalty area semi-circle into the lower right corner, completing the double.
The “white-blues” failed to turn the tide of the match, having made only one shot on target during the entire match against six from their opponents. In terms of the total number of shots, the score was 19:8 in favor of Pellegrino Matarazzo's team.
Review of the match “Hoffenheim” – “Dynamo”
In the updated format of the Europa League, 36 clubs compete in a single league, where they will play against eight different opponents (four matches at home and four away). All tournament participants received 2 opponents from 4 different baskets.
In the opening round of the second most prestigious European tournament, Dynamo suffered a crushing defeat to Lazio (0:3), and Hoffenheim drew with Danish Midtjylland (1:1).
In the third round of the Europa League, Oleksandr Shovkovskiy's team will play away against Italian Roma of Ukrainian forward Artem Dovbyk on October 24, and Hoffenheim will play away against Portuguese Porto on the same day.
The eight best teams of the main stage of the Europa League will reach the 1/8 finals. The clubs that take 9th to 24th place in the overall tournament table will play paired play-off matches for a place in the 1/8 finals. The rest will finish their performance in European competitions.